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I (No Model) C. ROEHL.

HAMB. No. 289,028; Patented Nov. 27, 1883.

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CARL ROEHL, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO CARL FRIEDRICHKLEUZE, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patenthlm 289,028, dated November27', 1883.

Application flied April 10, 1883. (Nomodehl To all whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL ROEHL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State ofIowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Harnes forHarness, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has for its object to produce metallic hames for horsesharness that are simple in. their construction, combine great strengthwith lightness, and can be readily adjusted to fit to collars ofdifferent size and shape, and the necks and shoulders of diiferenthorses; and it relates to improvements on the devices described inLetters Patent Nos. 245,869 and 245,870, issued to me on August 16,1881, and in the application for Letters Patent (Serial No. 81,474)filed by me on January 10, 1883, that will simplify and reduce the costof manufacture of the hames and yet retain the principal advantagessetforth in my former applications.

Myinvention consists of the peculiar shape and construction of theheme-bars, and in the device for securing the tug-eye andmartingale-ring, all as hereinafter described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an elevation of myimproved hames provided with the spring locking device Fig. 2, anelevation of one of the hame-bars with a bottom loop for a han1e-strap.Fig. 3 is an elevation of the martingale-ring and clevis detached; Fig.at is a cross-section of a hame-bar on line :1: a Fig. 5, an elevationof that portion of the hame to which the tugeye is to be attached; andFig. 6 shows a bottom and edge view of the tug-eye detached.

Corresponding letters in the several figures designate like parts.

A A denote the hame-bars, cast of metal, (preferably ofmalleableiron,)and each consisting of a plate, a, that has a flange, 6, extending fromits inward edge in an acute angular direction, with a rounded vertexedge, 0, unitingthe sides a b, which form a tapering or wedge-shapeddouble face, that is intended to fit in the crease of the collar, andwith the plate a. shaped to bear against the body of the collar. Abrace, (1, extending in a line approximately at right angles to thelength of hame from one plate, a, up against the other plate, b,stiffens these parts and serves to prevent their being mashed or forcedtogether, so that the wedge shape of the two outer faces of the platesis preserved. A hame-bar, A, thus composed of plate a, that is reenforced by flange b and braced by a series of small ribs, d, willcombine great strength and stiffness with proportional little weight.

Against the lower ends of plates a are ad= justably secured, byeye-headed screws c, slotted extensi on plates B B, one of which has anend socket, f, and the other one having a tenon, g, which, with bringingthe hames together, will enter socket f, and thereby will connect thetwo ends of the homes and hold them steady, as described in my formerapplication. For securing the free lower ends together, a tube, 0, ishinged to extension-plate B, and a tube, D, to the otherextension-piece, B, that will enter tube (3, and has a springbolt, E,for locking the parts, also described in my former application. Insteadof applying extension-plates B and spring-bolt E, I can as well securethe hames adjustably with I leather buckle-strap, h, for which purpose aprovide the lower end of each hame-bar with a-loop, a, as in Fig. 2.

For adjustably connecting the upper ends of the hames, I provide aseries of notches, j, in the outer edges of plates a and flanges b, witha ring, F, slid over each haine bar that will lock with either one ofthe notches, both these rings 13 being connected by a bucklestrap, G.

H are the terret's that are riveted or screwed to the hames.

I are the tug-eyes, secured by rivets or bolts against lugs formed onplate-a of the hame-bar. This tug-eye has to the under side of itsconnecting-plate 0 projecting lugs, with intermediate cavities, m, thatformthe sockets or bearings for the inwardly-projecting trunnions a of aclevis, J, which forms the coupling-link for martingale-ring L.

The object of this construction is to cast all the parts separate andthen to couple them, first by inserting ring L into the clevis J throughthe openings between its trunnions n, then by sliding the clevis J overthe end'of the plate 0 of tug-eye I until its trunnions n have enteredthe cavities m, and then, after thus linking the parts together, byriveting or bolting the tug-eye to the hame.

Hames of the above construction are light, strong, and durable, theirmetal parts can all be cast of malleable iron, and their construction issimple and inexpensive.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. A metalhame consisting of plate u, having flangeI), that extends from its inward edge in an acute angular direction,forming a tapering or wedge-shaped double face to fit into the crease ofthe collar, substantially as set forth.

2. A metal hame consisting of plate a, having flange b, that extendsfrom its inward edge in an acute angular direction, and braces or ribs(1, which extend from. one plate to the other at approximately rightangles to the length thereof, and prevent the said parts from beingcrushed together, all substantially as set forth. 7

3. In a hame for harness, the tug-eye I, having plate 0, with cavitiesm, in combination with clevis J, having trunnions n and martingale-ringI1, constructed and arranged sub stantially as and for the purpose setforth.

4. he metal hame A, consisting of plate a, with acute angular flange 1),in combination with tug-eye I, having plate 0, with cavities m, clevisJ, with trunnions n, and martingalering L, all substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

' In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

fAR-L ROEHL.

Witnesses:

HARRIs W. HUEHL, ADAM GEO. WHITE.

